Several towns in Lanao del Norte were still without power on Monday, two days after fire reportedly hit the old cable system of the National Power Corp.’s Agus 6 hydroelectric power and caused outages in the entire province.
Residents of Barangay (village) Kiwalan and neighboring villages here are standing up against the proposed mine expansion of Holcim Cement Philippines.
Blame is now being directed at the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Northern Mindanao for the slow-paced construction of houses for victims of the Dec. 17 disaster that struck this city at the height of Tropical Storm “Sendong.”
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Northern Mindanao supported a report that child labor prevails in sugarcane plantations in Bukidnon.
The regional office of the Department of Labor and Employment in Northern Mindanao has admitted that child labor is prevalent on sugarcane plantations in Bukidnon.
Officials of the Pag-ibig fund and the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) said housing beneficiaries, who have fully-paid their loans and whose houses were damaged in the December flood, would not be entitled to insurance compensation anymore.
The economy of Iligan City could recover from the devastation left by Tropical Storm “Sendong” in about three months but the normalization of the lives of its residents would take longer, according to the city government’s spokesman.
The provincial government of Zamboanga del Norte stands fast on its ban on open-pit mining and will fight in court the Canadian-mining company TVI Resources’ efforts to have the ordinance declared unconstitutional.
Teachers assigned to an elementary school in the outlying village of Limonsodan have stopped reporting for classes for fear of being kidnapped, an education official said Friday.
An anthropologist based in Mindanao has raised concern over textbooks being distributed in public and private schools and approved by the Department of Education (DepEd) because these were allegedly contributing to biases against Muslims.
Citing the need to protect the environment, a regional trial court here on Friday ordered the Canadian mining company TVI Resources to halt its road construction project and similar activities in Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur.
Subanen living in the village of Conacon have left their homes, fearing that mounting tension between two rival security agencies would erupt into a shooting battle, officials said Thursday.
